kids. let s fact check this. first of all president s claims that the current separation policy is better than that of the bush and obama administrations are simply not true. the department of homeland security never provided any truth when asked about smugglers despite the president repeatedly maki making claims. we have about 2,000 children under trump s controversial policy between april and may. after then acting attorney general at the time ordered prosecutors to pursue criminal char cha charges. in many cases those parents have now been deported back to their countries while the children were left in legal limbo here in the u.s. in june the trump administration said it would end that policy. according to departmentov of